The debate between free will and its opposing doctrine, determinism, is one of the key issues in philosophy. Ilham Dilman brings together all the dimensions of the problem of free will with examples from literature, ethics and psychoanalysis, and draws out valuable insights from both sides of the freedom-determinism divide. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to this highly important question and examines the contributions made by sixteen of the most outstanding thinkers from the time of early Greece to modern times: Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas…mehr
The debate between free will and its opposing doctrine, determinism, is one of the key issues in philosophy. Ilham Dilman brings together all the dimensions of the problem of free will with examples from literature, ethics and psychoanalysis, and draws out valuable insights from both sides of the freedom-determinism divide. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to this highly important question and examines the contributions made by sixteen of the most outstanding thinkers from the time of early Greece to modern times: Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, Freud, Sartre, Weil, Wittgenstein, Moore.
Ilman Dilman is professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of numerous works of epistemology, philosophical psychology, aesthetics and existentialism.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part 1 Early Greek Thinkers Chapter 1 Homer and the Iliad Chapter 2 Sophocles' Oedipus Chapter 3 Plato and Moral Determinism Chapter 4 Aristotle Part 2 The Coming of Age of Christianity Chapter 5 St Augustine Chapter 6 St Thomas Aquinas Part 3 The Rise of Science Chapter 7 Descartes' Dualism Chapter 8 Spinoza Chapter 9 Hume and Kant Part 4 The Age of Psychology Chapter 10 Schopenhauer Chapter 11 Freud Chapter 12 Sartre Chapter 13 Simone Weil Chapter 14 G E Moore Chapter 15 Wittgenstein Chapter 16 Conclusion
Introduction Part 1 Early Greek Thinkers Chapter 1 Homer and the Iliad Chapter 2 Sophocles' Oedipus Chapter 3 Plato and Moral Determinism Chapter 4 Aristotle Part 2 The Coming of Age of Christianity Chapter 5 St Augustine Chapter 6 St Thomas Aquinas Part 3 The Rise of Science Chapter 7 Descartes' Dualism Chapter 8 Spinoza Chapter 9 Hume and Kant Part 4 The Age of Psychology Chapter 10 Schopenhauer Chapter 11 Freud Chapter 12 Sartre Chapter 13 Simone Weil Chapter 14 G E Moore Chapter 15 Wittgenstein Chapter 16 Conclusion
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